The Emergence of the Church

The church emerged as the result of God's decisive action within a particular people, their story and their historical context. But there were challenges, setbacks and conflicts, as well as bursts of understanding, expansion and growth. Patzia offers both a panoramic introduction to the church as it was in the first century and a foundation for considering how it should be in the twenty-first century. 272 pages.

The Emergence of the Church explores the story, weighs the issues and traces the contours of the early church's expansion and growth, life and practices, leadership and worship.Read less